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MACKEY Family History

This interesting surname, also written with the Gaelic prefix "Mac" meaning "son of", is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic (Scottish and Irish) patronymic "Mac Aodh". The personal name "Aodh" meaning "fire" was originally the name of a pagan god. In the "modern" idiom Mac Aodh has at least fifteen Anglicized forms including McKay, McKee, Kee, McCay, McCoy, McEa, and McAy. The form MacKee is widespread today in North East Ulster, especially in Counties Antrim, Down and Armagh, with Kee most numerous in County Donegal. One George McKe of Myretoun was mentioned in the Register of the Privy Seal, Scotland, in 1538, and Sir Patrick MacKee was a prominent County Donegal "servitor" at the Plantation of Ulster...

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Michelle Brattin

Looking for the Mackey Clan that immigrated to MA- My Great Grandfather was Edward Mackey who married Helen Butler, both from Ireland. I am having a hard time finding information on them. Thank you.

Louisa Baker

Looking for help with gathering information on Thomas Mackey (born in the 1850s) in Ireland, married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Kingston, daughter of John Kingston and Johanna Burke Kingston. Settled in Chicago, Illinois. Anything would help. I am stuck in rut of connecting the dots. Thank you.

willis Baldwin

My family is from Beaufort Hyde county North Carolina they was a mix of ethnicities African American/ Caucasian/ native American/Asian /Spanish/jewish Italian/ and a few other ethnicities my mother full name was eloise Josephine Mackey and her mother name was Bessie Mackey we are thankful to be who we are no matter how we became a family